Natalia Ghilascu

Ghilascu was born in Cotiujenii Mari, Republic of Moldova, on 9 December 1980.{{cn|date=January 2024}} She studied at the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova and Free International University of Moldova. In 2015, she received a Hubert Humphrey Program fellowship at Arizona State University.{{Cite web|url=http://downtowndevil.com/2016/04/29/79849/asu-humphrey-fellows-cronkite-school/|title=International journalism Fellows thrive at Cronkite|last=Bradley|first=Brianna|date=29 April 2016|website=Downtown Devil|access-date=2017-01-10}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.golos-ameriki.ru/a/gilashku-holocaust/3165126.html|title=Наталья Гилашку: учеба в Америке помогла мне по-новому открыть тему Холокоста|last=Массальский|first=Вадим|newspaper=ГОЛОС АМЕРИКИ|access-date=2017-01-10}} Her studies at Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication{{Cite web|url=http://www.americancouncils.md/news/1444|title=American Councils – news|last=|first=|date=|website=www.americancouncils.md|publisher=|access-date=2017-01-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://cronkite.asu.edu/news-and-events/news/international-journalists-speak-global-media-issues-cronkite-speaker-series|title=Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication|website=cronkite.asu.edu|access-date=2017-01-10}} inspired to produce films and documentaries and advocate for human rights.{{Cite web|url=http://apropomagazin.md/2016/02/19/jurnalista-basarabeanca-premiata-la-un-festival-de-film-din-america-foto/|title=Jurnalistă din R. Moldova, premiată la un festival de film din America! FOTO|last=Box|first=W. P.|website=Apropo Magazin|access-date=2017-01-10}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.ziarulnational.md/moldovenii-in-lume-filmul-nostru-la-los-angeles/|title=Filmul nostru la Los Angeles|access-date=2017-01-10}}

In her 20s, Ghilașcu became a member of the international movement Initiatives of Change,{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/f-4-f/docs/120818202944-5d75113160334174af79d8ff35797d28|title=August'04|date=18 August 2012 |publisher=|accessdate=11 January 2017}} which has influenced her thinking by its philosophy of leading change by personal example.[https://web.archive.org/web/20170111010449/http://ibrarian.net/navon/paper/A_Newspaper_for_Facult_y__Staff__Alumni.pdf?paperid=5890996 Alumni newspaper]

Ghilascu was a morning news anchor{{Citation|last=Natalia Ghilascu|title=Stirile matinale cu Natalia Ghilascu (partea II)|date=3 May 2011|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAcg0CIwE10&t=237s|accessdate=2017-01-10}} and political reporter for National TV Moldova 1. She anchored a series of talk-shows on women's equality with women who aspired to politics in Moldova and who later became candidates in local elections.{{cite web|url=http://canalregional.md/index.php/emisiuni/politica-la-feminin|title=Politica la feminin|publisher=}}

In 2011, Ghilascu received a media award from United Nations[http://md.one.un.org/content/dam/unct/moldova/docs/pub/magazine/nr%204%202011.pdf Magazine nr 204] one.un.org {{dead link|date=January 2024}} for her findings about human rights violations, published in "Testing the waters: LGBT people in the Europe and Eurasia Region" {{cite web|url=https://www.usaid.gov/documents/2496/testing-waters-lgbt-people-europe-and-eurasia-region|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406232618/http://www.usaid.gov/documents/2496/testing-waters-lgbt-people-europe-and-eurasia-region|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 April 2015|title=Testing the Waters: LGBT People in the Europe and Eurasia Region|date=12 July 2021|publisher=USAID}} by the United States Agency for International Development and the United States Government,[https://web.archive.org/web/20160826094445/https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2496/USAID%20Testing%20Waters%20Report%20on%20LGBT%20Europe%20and%20Eurasia.pdf Report on LGBT. Europe and Euroasia] usaid.gov {{dead link|date=January 2024}} which later led to conflict with the religious community.{{Cite web|url=http://downtowndevil.com/2016/02/25/77934/activist-journalists-discuss-lgbt-issues-in-moldova-and-bhutan/|title=Activist journalists discuss LGBT issues abroad|last=Jarvis|first=Sarah|date=25 February 2016|website=Downtown Devil|access-date=2017-01-10}}{{cite web|url=http://egali.md/ro/video/natalia-ghilascu-jurnalista-independenta|title=Natalia Ghilaşcu, jurnalistă independentă|last=deepadmin|date=29 December 2012|publisher=}}{{cite news|url=http://www.europalibera.org/a/24761393.html|title="Lista lui Marian": discriminări, prejudecăți, stereotipuri în R. Moldova|work=Radio Europa Liberă |date=6 November 2012|last1=Barbăroșie |first1=Liliana }} Ghilascu was part of a so called "black list" of people who promoted homosexuality; the Moldovan court system urged to be removed from the list.{{cite web|url=http://old.ilga-europe.org/home/guide_europe/country_by_country/moldova/moldovan_court_prosecutes_website_over_black_list|title=Moldovan court prosecutes website over black list|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://discriminare.md/inca-un-caz-de-discriminare-recunoscut-de-justitia-moldoveneasca/|title=Încă un caz de discriminare recunoscut de justiţia moldovenească|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://acum.tv/articol/60476/|title=Inca un caz de discriminare recunoscut de justitia moldoveneasca – ACUM.TV|publisher=}} LGBT victims used her report as evidence of discrimination by public servants in hospitals. {{cite web|url=http://gdm.md/files/untitled%20folder/report-GENDERDOC-M-2011_eng.pdf|title=The 2011 report on state of human rights of LGBT people in the Republic of Moldova drawn by the GENDEROC-M Information Centre|access-date=17 November 2018|publisher=GENDEROC-M}}

She helped advocate for the adoption of Equality Law in 2012, which raised much criticism in Moldovan society.{{cite news|url=http://www.europalibera.org/a/26592327.html|title=Un ziar în fiecare seară: "Discriminare.md"|work=Radio Europa Liberă |date=18 September 2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.europalibera.org/a/25370722.html|title=Un ziar în fiecare seară: discriminare.md|work=Radio Europa Liberă |date=2 May 2014|last1=Ceapai |first1=Alla }}{{cite news|url=http://www.europalibera.org/a/24956272.html|title=Despre discriminarea din mediul rural în Republica Moldova|work=Radio Europa Liberă |date=12 April 2013|last1=Grejdeanu |first1=Tamara }}{{Cite news|url=http://www.europalibera.org/a/24989568.html|title=În aşteptarea eurocomisarului Füle; Moldova are un premier desemnat; Marşuri pro şi anti-gay la Chişinău|website=Radio Europa Liberă|date=17 May 2013 |access-date=2017-01-10|last1=Ceapai |first1=Alla }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.americancouncils.md/open_world/news/541|title=American Councils – news|website=www.americancouncils.md|access-date=2017-01-10}} One of her shots was used as evidence of discrimination by the Council on Preventing, Eliminating Discrimination and Equal Rights,{{Cite web |url=http://www.egalitate.md/media/files/files/decizia_cauza_156_deperson_1745637.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=10 January 2017 |archive-date=11 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111000149/http://www.egalitate.md/media/files/files/decizia_cauza_156_deperson_1745637.pdf |url-status=dead }} by Human Rights Council meetings in Geneva.[http://www.equalrightstrust.org/ertdocumentbank/bibliography_1.pdf Bibliography] equalrightstrust.org Her contributions were recognized in the Equal Rights Trust publication in London, "From Words to Deeds," addressing discrimination and inequality in Moldova.{{cite web |url=http://www.equalrightstrust.org/ertdocumentbank/From%20Words%20to%20Deeds%20Addressing%20Discrimination%20and%20Inequality%20in%20Moldova_0.pdf |title=From Words to Deeds |publisher=Equal Rights Trust}}

Her short documentaries were screened at the Human Rights Film Festival in Chișinău,{{cite web|url=http://www.azi.md/ro/print-story/387|title=Human Rights Film Festival - Moldova Azi|website=www.eltonic.com}} portraying stories of people with physical and mental disabilities, Romma, racism, people living with HIV, etc.{{cite news|url=http://www.europalibera.org/a/24409935.html|title=Festival de film dedicat drepturilor omului|work=Radio Europa Liberă |date=3 December 2011|last1=Ceapai |first1=Alla }}{{cite web|url=http://diez.md/2016/12/01/ce-filme-veti-puta-viziona-la-festivalul-de-film-dedicat-drepturilor-omului/|title=Ce filme veți putea viziona la Festivalul de Film dedicat Drepturilor Omului|date=1 December 2016|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://idom.md/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=147:festivalul-filmului-dedicat-drepturilor-omului-edi%C5%A3ia-a-4-a&Itemid=395&lang=ro|title=Festivalul filmului dedicat drepturilor omului. Ediţia a 4-a.|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.civic.md/interviuri/16680-jurnalista-natalia-ghilacu-societatea-noastr-e-invadat-de-stereotipurile-discriminrii.html|title=Jurnalista Natalia Ghilaşcu: Societatea noastră e invadată de stereotipurile discriminării|first=Iuliana|last=Mamaliga|website=civic.md}} She directed a short film Angel Back[http://trm.md/en/moldovenii-in-lume/filmele-unei-jurnaliste-din-moldova-sunt-proiectate-in-sua/ Filmele unei jurnaliste din Moldova sunt proiectate] trm.md {{dead link|date=January 2024}} emphasizing clashes between religion and family traditions, inspired by the life of a Jewish friend.{{cite web|url=http://ea.md/un-film-produs-de-jurnalista-natalia-ghilascu-va-fi-proiectat-la-festivalul-independent-de-filme-din-los-angeles/|title=Un film produs de jurnalista Natalia Ghilașcu va fi proiectat la Festivalul Independent de Filme din Los Angeles – ea.md|date=18 January 2016|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://rtr.md/novosti/obshhestvo/korotkometrazhnyj-film-moldavskogo-rezhissyora-nominirovan-v-los-andzhelese|title=Короткометражный фильм молдавского режиссёра номинирован в Лос-Анджелесе|publisher=RTR Moldova}} It was screened in 2016 at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, the Miami International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://miamindiefest.com/official-selections-mindie-december-2015/|title=OFFICIAL SELECTIONS – MINDIE DECEMBER 2015 – MIAMI INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmoldova.com/ro/news/korotkometrazhnyj-film-moldavskogo-rezhissyora-nominirovan-v-los-andzhelese?category=societate|title=Короткометражный фильм молдавского режиссёра номинирован в Лос-Анджелесе|publisher=}} Further, the film won an award at the Paranormal Film Festival in Chicago.{{cite web|url=http://curentul.md/it-media/interviu-jurnalista-natalia-ghilascu-ma-mandresc-cu-moldovenii-care-au-reusit-sa-se-realizeze-aici-in-sua.html|title=(INTERVIU) Jurnalista Natalia Ghilaşcu: "Mă mândresc cu moldovenii care au reuşit să se realizeze aici, în SUA"|publisher=}}

A later documentary about Roma deportation in the World War II, "The Exile from Bessarabia", was awarded the best documentary film at the Cronograf International Film Festival. After its production in 2013, which is a rare story about Romma deportation to Transnistria, the film provoked much criticism and denial of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe. It remained in the collection of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance as a testimony about Roma exile in Eastern Europe, rarely taught in school curricular of the region.{{cite web|url=https://headtalker.com/campaigns/the-witness-of-the-holocaust/|title=The witness of the Holocaust – HeadTalker|publisher=}}[http://uspee.md/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Ziarul_Dreptul_41-2.pdf Ziarul Dreptul] uspee.md October 2016

A recent film, Cursed Years in Transnistria tells the tragic story of Jews from Eastern Europe who have migrated to the United States and the deportations and killing during World War II of about 300,000 Jews from Moldova, Romania and Ukraine in a region called Transnistria.{{cite web|url=http://ipn.md/en/societate/57915|title=IPN Society|publisher=}}{{Cite web |url=http://unimedia.info/tv/alb-negru/577/ora-16-00-natalia-ghilascu-in-studioul-unimedia |title=Natalia Ghilașcu în studioul UNIMEDIA |access-date=13 February 2017 |archive-date=14 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214004129/http://unimedia.info/tv/alb-negru/577/ora-16-00-natalia-ghilascu-in-studioul-unimedia |url-status=dead }}

She works as editor-in-chief at the Moldova Times with an office in Washington, D.C.{{cite web|url=http://www.stiripozitive.eu/libview.php?l=ro&idc=15&id=3284&t=/Lucruri/Stil-de-viata/Plimbarile-Nataliei-Ghilascu-in-cautarea-istoriilor-de-succes-ale-moldovenilor-aflati-peste-hotare|title=Stil de viaţă /|first=Ştiri|last=pozitive|date=26 January 2017|website=www.stiripozitive.eu}}

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